Education share of public spending in Bhutan
Education made up 22.2% of government spending in Bhutan in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest since 2017.
Bhutan, 2025
22.2%
Change from 2024
+5.0percentage points
Education share of public spending in Bhutan over time
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% of total government expenditure. Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics (UIS), databrowser.uis.unesco.org. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Bhutan |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 22.2% |
| 2024 | 17.2% |
| 2023 | 19.2% |
| 2022 | 22.1% |
| 2021 | 16.9% |
| 2020 | 16.3% |
| 2019 | 18.1% |
| 2018 | 21.9%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2017 | 23.0%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2016 | 24.4%uis_est (UIS estimate) |
| 2015 | 25.3% |
| 2014 | 17.5% |
| 2013 | 15.7% |
| 2011 | 11.4% |
| 2010 | 10.3% |
| 2009 | 12.8% |
| 2008 | 15.1% |
| 2005 | 22.8% |
| 2004 | 18.6% |
| 2001 | 13.2% |
Flags: uis_est UIS estimate . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +5.0 percentage points from 17.2% in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 25.3%, the figure has changed by −3.1 percentage points.